5 killed in Dubai accidents during first half of Ramadan

Dubai - Dubai Police's land rescue department conducted 24,865 missions.

Lt Col Juma Ahmad Butti Al Falasi, director of the Search and Rescue Department at Dubai Police, said that five people were killed and seven others were injured in a spate of maritime and land accidents during the first fifteen days of the holy month of Ramadan.
He added that rescue missions carried out by the department included cutting out traffic accident victims who got stuck in their vehicles, rescuing people who got lost in the desert and rescuing people trapped in homes or elevators.
"The target response time is 12 minutes, but our teams' average is 7-8 minutes, as response speed is crucial in the incidents we attend to.
"The Dubai Police's land rescue department conducted 24,865 land rescue missions with response time of seven to eight minutes, in 2015." Lt Col Al Falasi further said.

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